A federal grand jury has indicted state Rep. Tyrone Brooks over allegations claiming he misappropriated more than $1 million in charitable funds. Brooks, a Democrat from Atlanta, was charged Thursday with 30 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and false tax returns.
A rare instance of compromise in Washington means that Warner Robins may be able to get a health clinic for low-income families.
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Immigrant rights groups pushing for national reform marched Wednesday in many cities, including Atlanta. Protesters here in Georgia also pressed Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that would bar people here illegally from using a foreign passport for...
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The President's budget proposes $1.2 million for Savannah harbor expansion. That's a small fraction of the project's $650 million total cost and the $100 million that state officials were expecting in the budget documents presented...
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Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop has created a legal expense fund. Trustee Amy Gilbert filed paperwork on April 1 to create the "Sanford Bishop Legal Expense Trust." Gilbert referred inquiries to Bishop's office, which did not immediately...
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Experts are questioning the constitutionality of a bill that would prevent people who are in Georgia illegally from using a foreign passport for identification. State lawmakers passed the bill last month as part of an effort to fix problems with...
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Monday, students at Georgia Tech, Southern Polytechnic State and Kennesaw State began wearing empty holsters on campus as part of a nationwide effort to support campus carry laws.
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A judge in Alabama is refusing to hold a hearing on whether Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph gets to keep money from sales of the autobiography he wrote in prison. U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith issued a brief order Tuesday denying a request by the...
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The Army says three soldiers based at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia died in a weekend suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan that also killed an American diplomat.
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About 250 cities across Georgia already have their own ethics policies, according to the Georgia Municipal Association. However, when a pair of ethics bills becomes law, every elected city official in Georgia will have to adhere to at least the...
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Georgia Congressman Doug Collins has started a caucus in the US House to reform the US Army Corps of Engineers. Collins says the bureaucracy in many federal construction projects has made the Corps fiscally irresponsible and inefficient.
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